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Effect modification by high-concentration duration in the association between particulate matters and stroke hospital admissions among hypertension patients in Beijing, China
AbstractTo investigate the associations between particulate matter (PM) and hospital admissions for stroke and its subtypes among hypertension patients. We proposed a new modifier named high-concentration duration (HCD). Data on daily hospital admissions, air pollution, and meteorological factors were collected from 2014 to 2018 in Beijing, China. We included all patients with hypertension who were admitted to hospitals of secondary-level and above for stroke. Time-series analysis was conducted by fitting a generalized additive model. An interaction term of daily concentration and an HCD stratum indicator were included in ...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - August 15, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Short-term effects of individual exposure to PM < sub > 2.5 < /sub > on hospital admissions for myocardial infarction and stroke: a population-based case-crossover study in Guangzhou, China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Jun 5. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28058-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSome studies have investigated the effects of PM2.5 on cardiovascular diseases based on the population-average exposure data from several monitoring stations. No one has explored the short-term effect of PM2.5 on cardiovascular hospitalizations using individual-level exposure data. We assessed the short-term effects of individual exposure to PM2.5 on hospitalizations for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in Guangzhou, China, during 2014-2019. The population-based data on cardio-cerebrovascular events were provided by ...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - June 5, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jie-Qi Jin Guo-Zhen Lin Shuang-Ying Wu Mu-Rui Zheng Hui Liu Xiang-Yi Liu Min-Qian Yan Zhao-Yue Chen Chun-Quan Ou Source Type: research

Ambient nitrogen dioxide and cardiovascular diseases in rural regions: a time-series analyses using data from the new rural cooperative medical scheme in Fuyang, East China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Feb 21. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-25922-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMost of studies relating ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure to hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) were conducted among urban population. Whether and to what extent these results could be generalizable to rural population remains unknown. We addressed this question using data from the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) in Fuyang, Anhui, China. Daily hospital admissions for total CVDs, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, heart rhythm disturbances, ischaemic stroke, and haemorrhagic st...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - February 22, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Teng-Fei Dong Zhen-Qiu Zha Liang Sun Ling-Li Liu Xing-Yang Li Yuan Wang Xiang-Long Meng Huai-Biao Li Hong-Li Wang Huan-Huan Nie Lin-Sheng Yang Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 19, Pages 12316: Temporal Heterogeneity of Short-Term Effects of Particulate Matter on Stroke Outpatients in Seven Major Cities of the Republic of Korea
e Lee Although particulate matter (PM) is a major risk factor for stroke, its effects on hospital outpatients admitted for stroke have not been documented in Korea. In addition, recent studies have reported that the effects of PM10 on circulatory mortality changed over time. We aimed to estimate the effects of PM10 on stroke and their temporal heterogeneity in seven major cities of Korea during the period 2002&amp;ndash;2015. The study period was divided into five years of moving time windows, and city-specific PM10 effects on ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke outpatients were calculated. We pooled the estimates usin...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 28, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yongsoo Choi Garam Byun Jong-Tae Lee Tags: Article Source Type: research

Effect of apparent temperature on hospitalization from a spectrum of cardiovascular diseases in rural residents in Fujian, China
Environ Pollut. 2022 Mar 3:119101. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119101. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading threat to global public health. Although associations between temperature and CVD hospitalization have been suggested for developed countries, limited evidence is available for developing countries or rural residents. Moreover, the effect of apparent temperature (AT) on the spectrum of cause-specific CVDs remains unknown. Based on 2,024,147 CVD hospitalizations for rural residents from eight regions in Fujian Province, China, during 2010-2016, a quasi-Poisson regression with distribu...
Source: Environmental Pollution - March 6, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Zhi-Ying Zhan Xue Zhong Jun Yang Zan Ding Xiao-Xu Xie Zhen-Quan Zheng Zhi-Jian Hu Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 7696: Multidisciplinary Care after Acute Care for Stroke: A Prospective Comparison between a Multidisciplinary Post-Acute Care Group and a Standard Group Matched by Propensity Score
ng Hon-Yi Shi In this large-scale prospective cohort study, a propensity score matching method was applied in a natural experimental design to investigate how post-acute care (PAC) after stroke affects functional status and to identify predictors of functional status. The main objective of this study was to examine longitudinal changes in various measures of functional status in stroke patients and predictors of scores for these measures before and after PAC. A group of patients who had received PAC for stroke at one of two medical centers (PAC group, n = 273) was compared with a group who had received standard care ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 20, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Chong-Chi Chiu Hsiu-Fen Lin Ching-Huang Lin Hong-Tai Chang Hong-Hsi Hsien Kuo-Wei Hung Sheng-Li Tung Hon-Yi Shi Tags: Article Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 3673: Mild to Severe Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19: Cases Reports
Alberto Barbieri The main focus of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is pulmonary complications through virus-related neurological manifestations, ranging from mild to severe, such as encephalitis, cerebral thrombosis, neurocognitive (dementia-like) syndrome, and delirium. The hospital screening procedures for quickly recognizing neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are often complicated by other coexisting symptoms and can be obscured by the deep sedation procedures required for critically ill patients. Here, we present two different case-reports of COVID-19 patients, describing neurological complica...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gabriele Melegari Veronica Rivi Gabriele Zelent Vincenzo Nasillo Elena De Santis Alessandra Melegari Claudia Bevilacqua Michele Zoli Stefano Meletti Alberto Barbieri Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Long-term exposure to air pollution and stroke incidence: A Danish Nurse cohort study.
Abstract Ambient air pollution has been linked to stroke, but few studies have examined in detail stroke subtypes and confounding by road traffic noise, which was recently associated with stroke. Here we examined the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of stroke (overall, ischemic, hemorrhagic), adjusting for road traffic noise. In a nationwide Danish Nurse Cohort consisting of 23,423 nurses, recruited in 1993 or 1999, we identified 1,078 incident cases of stroke (944 ischemic and 134 hemorrhagic) up to December 31, 2014, defined as first-ever hospital contact. The full residentia...
Source: Environment International - June 23, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Amini H, Dehlendorff C, Lim YH, Mehta A, Jørgensen JT, Mortensen LH, Westendorp R, Hoffmann B, Loft S, Cole-Hunter T, Bräuner EV, Ketzel M, Hertel O, Brandt J, Solvang Jensen S, Christensen JH, Geels C, Frohn LM, Backalarz C, Simonsen MK, Andersen ZJ Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 618: Risk Factors Associated with Outcomes of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
eng Tsong-Hai Lee Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke, and early interventional treatment is associated with favorable outcomes. In the guidelines, thrombolytic therapy using recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is recommended for eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, the risk of hemorrhagic complications limits the use of rt-PA, and the risk factors for poor treatment outcomes need to be identified. To identify the risk factors associated with in-hospital poor outcomes in patients treated with rt-PA, we analyzed the electronic medical records of patients who were diagn...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - January 17, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yi-Ju Tseng Ru-Fang Hu Shin-Tyng Lee Yu-Li Lin Chien-Lung Hsu Shih-Wei Lin Chia-Wei Liou Jiann-Der Lee Tsung-I Peng Tsong-Hai Lee Tags: Article Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3472: Exploration of Medical Trajectories of Stroke Patients Based on Group-Based Trajectory Modeling
In this study, we used group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM) to study the characteristics of various groups of patients hospitalized with ACVD. In this research, the patient data were derived from the 1 million sampled cases in the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. Cases who had been admitted to hospitals fewer than four times or more than eight times were excluded. Characteristics of the ACVD patients were collected, including age, mortality rate, medical expenditure, and length of hospital stay for each admission. We then performed GBTM to examine hospitalization patterns in patients who had...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - September 17, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Ting-Ying Chien Mei-Lien Lee Wan-Ling Wu Hsien-Wei Ting Tags: Article Source Type: research

The cold effect of ambient temperature on ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke hospital admissions: A large database study in Beijing, China between years 2013 and 2014-Utilizing a distributed lag non-linear analysis.
Abstract The effects of ambient temperature on stroke death in China have been well addressed. However, few studies are focused on the attributable burden for the incident of different types of stroke due to ambient temperature, especially in Beijing, China. We purpose to assess the influence of ambient temperature on hospital stroke admissions in Beijing, China. Data on daily temperature, air pollution, and relative humidity measurements and stroke admissions in Beijing were obtained between 2013 and 2014. Distributed lag non-linear model was employed to determine the association between daily ambient temperature...
Source: Environmental Pollution - September 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Luo Y, Li H, Huang F, Van Halm-Lutterodt N, Qin Xu, Wang A, Guo J, Tao L, Li X, Liu M, Zheng D, Chen S, Zhang F, Yang X, Tan P, Wang W, Xie X, Guo X Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research

Association between ambient air pollution and hospitalization for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in China: A multicity case-crossover study.
Abstract There is growing interest in the association between ambient air pollution and stroke, but few studies have investigated the association in developing countries. The primary objective of this study was to examine the association between levels of ambient air pollutants and hospital admission for stroke in China. A time-stratified case-crossover analysis was conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 14 large Chinese cities among 200,958 ischemic stroke and 41,746 hemorrhagic stroke hospitalizations. We used conditional logistic regression to estimate the percentage changes in stroke admissions in relation to inte...
Source: Environmental Pollution - June 24, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Liu H, Tian Y, Xu Y, Huang Z, Huang C, Hu Y, Zhang J Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research